Tag: Book Reviews

Book Review: Japanese Steam in the 1970s by Yoshi Hasida

This book captures some of Japan's remaining steam engines in a variety…

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Book Review: Images of the British Railway Landscape by David Goodyear

The book captures the railway as part of the landscape, where the…

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Book Review: Croydon Tramlink – A Definitive History by Gareth David

This hardback from publishers Pen & Sword describes the history of Croydon…

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Book Review: Illinois Railroads by Mike Danneman

The book provides an appreciation of the large numbers of railroads to…

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Book Review: Great Central Railway – Sheffield Main Line Services by Bob Pixton

This book continues the author’s series on the Great Central Railway, following…

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Book Review: Tool and Cutter Grinding by Dr Marcus Bowman

This book provides a valuable introduction to the mysteries surrounding the correct…

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Book Review: Class 66 by Fred Kerr

This book provides a copiously illustrated story of the Class 66 locomotives,…

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Book Review: Llanelly West to Carmarthen by John Hodge

Llanelly West to Carmarthen by former railwayman John Hodge is the first…

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Book Review: Unfinished Lines, Rediscovering the Remains of Railways Never Completed by Mark Yonge

This book looks at the neglected subject of railways that were planned…

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Book Review: The Tyne & Wear Metro by Colin Alexander

This book, written by an author who lives on Tyneside, gives the…

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